The term rodent is basically referring to the small mammals that are characterized with a single pair of incisors that continuously grows on their lower and upper jaw. The examples of the rodents include rabbits, prairie dogs, squirrels, mice, rats, capybaras, gerbils, hamsters, porcupines, beavers, guinea pigs, and hares.

Some rodents are specified as pests, and examples of this are the brown rat or sewer rat, the black rat or roof rat, and the house mouse, and the reason why they are considered as pests, is because they tend to damage properties; they are carriers or vectors of various diseases caused by rickettsia, viruses, and bacteria; and they also eat the foods stored by the humans. The specified rodents are good swimmers, social animals, nocturnal, good jumper, good climber, fast range of movements, have an average life span of one year, and are good divers. The most common rodent-borne diseases are spotted fever, which is a rickettsial disease and can be transmitted through the bites of the rickettsia-infested ticks; rat-bite fever, which is caused by bacteria and transmitted through rat biting; plaque, which is caused by the bacterium called as Yersinia pestis and transmitted through biting; Hantaan disease, which is caused by Hantaan virus and transmitted through air-borne droplets; Urban typhus, which is a rickettsial disease and transmitted by the rat fleas; and scrub typhus, which is a rickettsial disease and can be transmitted through the bites of rickettsia-infected mites.

These rodents are mostly inhabiting, destructing and terrorizing commercial and residential buildings, and because of that the people are doing various measures that can control, manage, prevent, and stop the existence of these rodents. The initial process of the rodent prevention and control include finding out the species of the rodents, estimating the number or the population of the rodents, and the activity range of the rodents within the infested building. The fundamental control and the direct disinfestations, are basically the two major categories of the rodent control and prevention. The direct disinfestations include the use of various equipment and tools, poisonous baits, like stomach poison or rodenticides, and traps, like snap trap or break back trap, glue traps, and cage trap. The fundamental control, on the other hand, is described as the process or the procedures that can help enhance or improve the sanitary condition of the environment, and such include the act of depriving or the omitting the rodents of shelter, food and passages. There are definitely a lot of pest control companies that offers their specialization in controlling and managing the rodents found on businesses and homes. Most of the pest control companies have their very own website which can be accessed by the people via the internet, and the common contents of their websites include the list of their services and products, their address and their contact details.